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Another said: “Jean, you will be sadly missed by all your friends and colleagues at Morrisons. RIP.”

Police are continuing to investigate the collision and say the driver of the car, a woman in her 80s, was taken to hospital but has since been released.

Speaking in the hours after the tragedy, Sergeant Brian Orr, of Greater Manchester Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “We believe we have identified this woman’s family and a specially trained officer is currently offering them as much support as possible to deal with this tragic news.

“We are doing everything we can to understand exactly what happened and the driver of the car has been fully co-operating with police.

“Although we have several witness accounts, we want to gather as much detail as possible and I would urge anyone who saw anything or has dash-cam footage of the incident to please call us.”

Information can be passed on to the Serious Collision Investigation Unit by calling 0161 856 4741 quoting incident number 570 of May 29.